| 单词 | tapir |
| 例句 | It was also becoming apparent that the possibility of supplementing their food rations with game, such as the tapir, looked bleak. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z When it was realized that ancient tapirs had existed simultaneously in South America and Southeast Asia a land bridge was drawn there, too. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Some, such as jaguars and tapirs, had migrated to higher ground during the rainy season, but there were still many animals all around them. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The path had been beaten down by the four- and three-toed feet of the piglike tapirs that usually live near the water because they love to swim. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I also loved stories of wolves, bears, and wolverines in North America and Canada, jaguars anacondas and sloths in South America, orangutans, Indian elephants, and tapirs in Asia, and so on. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The Brazil nuts they had been counting on to sustain them were in short supply, and the piglike tapir, with its prehensile snout, was elusive. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z What if I had ended up with a creature that looked silly or ugly, a tapir or an ostrich or a flock of turkeys? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Skeletons and skulls of a tapir, cougar and several primates formed a macabre lineup. At JFK Airport, every day is wild for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service inspectors 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Bigger mammals, like the spectacled bear and woolly mountain tapir, roam the mountains as well. Wing tips: Bird-watching adventures high in the Andes Mountains 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The contrast between the tapir’s impastoed gray-black fur and the painting’s flat green background is jarring, as are four red rectangles, marked with pre-Columbian-style figures, that could represent windows, frescoes or tapestries. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z The isolated park provides refuge for multitudes of animals and plants that might otherwise be extinct, including jaguars and pumas, Baird’s tapirs, giant anteaters and harpy eagles. Costa Rica’s ‘biologically intense’ Osa Peninsula is truly wild 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Three names will be randomly chosen to receive prizes from KidsPost and Global Wildlife Conservation, including a book, rainforest-friendly tapir chocolate, an animal plush toy and a framed photo by Robin Moore, a wildlife photographer. KidsPost contest: Which endangered species would you save? 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z A tapir is like a piggy little elephant, weird, almost mythical, especially when it's all lit up and glowing through a thermal imaging camera. TV review: The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World; Come Dine With Me 2012-07-29T21:05:01Z Sure enough, there was the carcass of a tapir under a cloud of flies. Frugal Traveler Blog: It's a Jungle Out There: Wildlife in the Pantanal 2011-10-18T19:05:50Z In his first book, he ventures to then-British Cameroons; in the second installment, he journeys to Argentina, the land of peccaries, tapirs, seriemas and other fascinating fauna. In ‘The Whispering Land,’ a British naturalist collects travel tales — and animals with tails — in Argentina 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z The trees were teeming with parakeets, the underbrush filled with monkeys and tapirs. King of the banana republic 2012-06-03T21:00:00Z It’s like that scene in “2001” when the vegan apes live peacefully with the tapirs until the monolith appears and that one ape realizes he can use tools — cut to lots of dead tapirs. I always give you my money: How many times will I buy the same Beatles records, over and over again? 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z “This is the land of the jaguar, the puma and the tapir,” he said. On the Costa Rican Coast, Finding Pura Vida on a Budget 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Tracking down a white belly tapir is exciting, but hunting is also a key survival mechanism. Review: Sand, surf, blood in thrilling 'Far Cry 3' 2012-12-05T14:22:09Z In Ecuador and Peru, community-led programmes, forest purchases and monitoring schemes are helping protect spectacled bears, as well as ocelot, jaguarundi and mountain tapir. Recall of the wild: South America's new era of nature-led tourism 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Titanotheres belong in the order Perissodactyla, along with rhinoceroses, tapirs and horses. 'Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales' tracks Washington fossils and their stories 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z The Calakmul region is home to one of the most important jaguar populations in Mesoamerica, more than 350 species of birds and one hundred mammals, plus other endangered species — the tapir, puma and ocellated turkey. In Mexico, worry that Maya Train will destroy jungle 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z The fossils date from early in the Eocene epoch, when Earth was home to ancient relatives of many modern mammals, including tapirs, hippopotamuses and humans. Monkeylike Animals Once Lived in the Arctic, New Fossils Show 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z A rare Malayan tapir, a species which is related to both the horse and the rhinoceros, has been born at Chester Zoo. Chester Zoo celebrates birth of endangered Malayan tapir 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Team members documented 67 signs of illegal activity by hunters and fisherman, from a tapir lure to traps for the yellow-spotted river turtle, along with eggs and shells scraped clean. Brazil indigenous defender, sidelined under Bolsonaro, gave life for 'abandoned' tribes 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z In the Amazon, tapirs with droopy trunks and watery eyes step "mincingly" along riverbanks, and blue morpho butterflies the size of postcards careen "reckless and beautiful" through their camp. Book Review: An Urgent Plea to Save the World’s Megaforests 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The team began to chisel into the cave’s cementlike walls, exposing the remains of ancient rhinoceroses, tapirs, pigs, rodents—and a single, humanlike molar. This unusual tooth is the first fossil evidence of Denisovans in Southeast Asia 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z The wildlife in Corcovado National Park includes all four Costa Rican monkey species, sloths, jaguars, anteaters, tapirs, sea turtles and over 220 species of butterflies. Drake Bay Getaway | Provided by Drake Bay Getaway Resort 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Zookeeper Rosie Owen said: "It's so lovely to once again hear the pitter-patter of tiny, spotty and stripy Malayan tapir feet." Chester Zoo celebrates birth of endangered Malayan tapir 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The route passes through savanna, mangroves, and rainforest that house thousands of species, many of them endangered, including jaguars, tapirs, scarlet macaws, Yucatán black howler monkeys, and many species of bats. A controversial train heads for the Maya rainforest 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z In recent weeks, fans called out the game for inviting players to guess less familiar words such as “tapir” and “rebus.” Wordle sparks transatlantic rift as Brits denounce American English spelling of ‘favor’ 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z It has since expanded to become a wildlife park featuring wallabies, capybara, tapir and lemur and many other species. Jimmy's Farm Ipswich: Seven rescue monkeys settle in to new home 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z “And tapir,” he added, referring to a jungle mammal that resembles a large pig with a trunk. Where will the next pandemic begin? The Amazon rainforest offers troubling clues 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z With 0.5 percent of the world’s land surface, it holds 7 percent of its biological diversity, including rare and endangered species like jaguar, Baird’s tapir and harpy eagle. To Confront the U.S. Border Crisis, Save Central America's Forests 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z Home to England's only polar bears, the South Yorkshire park installed a new reserve over the national lockdown with lowland tapirs, maned wolves and a pack of bush dogs arriving. Rare albino wallaby born at Yorkshire Wildlife Park 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z According to Google trends, searches for the terms “rebus meaning” and “tapir meaning” soared in the United Kingdom earlier this month as people researched the words. Wordle sparks transatlantic rift as Brits denounce American English spelling of ‘favor’ 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Some time later, when the animal escaped, Ms. Matola cranked up her stereo, blasting the song “Light My Fire” to help the tapir find her way home. Sharon Matola, devoted zookeeper and conservationist, dies at 66 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Some early kinds of rhinos looked like hippos or tapirs; one especially huge relative had such a long neck that it is sometimes called the “giraffe rhinoceros.” The Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Its rich wildlife includes 11,620 plant species and more than 200 species of mammals, including jaguars, anteaters, rhea birds and tapirs. The Cerrado: how Brazil’s vital ‘water tank’ went from forest to soy fields 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z There will be a few animals on view, like the meerkats, tapirs and gibbons. Catch holiday light displays at Woodland Park Zoo, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and a drive-thru 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Then, you’ll be prompted by Luna, the dream suite tapir character, to enter a Dream code. The official Biden HQ in Animal Crossing has poll booths, ice cream, and no malarkey 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z While these forests provide critical habitat for jaguars, large endangered hoofed mammals like peccaries and tapirs are most vulnerable, says Reyna-Hurtado. In Nicaragua, forests and indigenous communities face threats 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z “We’ve seen a lot of dead deer, dead tapirs, dead monkeys, dead coati,” a cousin of North American raccoons. Burned jaguars, fire tornadoes: Blazes in Brazil wetland deliver climate warning 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Introduce your children to animals born this past spring, including a baby gorilla, a pudu fawn and a baby tapir. Discover Washington: Family daytrips near Seattle | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z The flames threaten the region’s biodiversity, rich with tapirs, pumas, capybaras and the world’s most dense population of jaguars. Brazil's Pantanal, world's largest wetland, burns from above and below 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z And nearly 12% of the Chiquitano dry forest, in eastern Bolivia, home to indigenous peoples, jaguars, giant armadillos and tapirs, was burned. 'Unacceptable' losses of older trees in 2019 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z “The birth of a tapir in nature indicates the formation of a population in the state,” Galliez said. Birth of wild tapir offers hope for Brazil's endangered ecosystem 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Andueza says that indigenous uses of peatlands—harvesting fruit, fiber, medicinal plants and edible grubs, as well as hunting tapirs and monkeys—generate powerful incentives for the Urarina to protect their waterlogged territory. Peru’s Peatlands Could Greatly Accelerate Global Warming 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z It hosts one of the world’s last populations of Baird’s tapir and the Central American spider monkey, according to the United Nations. Massacre leaves six indigenous people dead at Nicaraguan nature reserve 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z On sandbanks, we saw the tracks of tapirs and large turtles. Blood Gold in the Brazilian Rain Forest 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z According to the website, his name is “a good fit: the calf is the first tapir born in the zoo’s 114-year history, and Yuna and Baku, his parents’ names, are also Japanese.” Tapir calf greets the day at Point Defiance Zoo 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z As with wolves in Yellowstone and beavers in the UK, the tapir reintroduction programme aims to accelerate restoration of a degraded natural habitat. Birth of wild tapir offers hope for Brazil's endangered ecosystem 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z The reserve is home to more than 500 species of bird as well as jaguars, the endangered Baird's tapir, and many more kinds of fauna and flora. Tropical forest success story under threat in Guatemala 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Concentrated in the coastal plains of Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua, these peat forests provide a habitat for rare species such as orangutans, leopards, Sumatran tigers, tapirs, white-winged ducks, and freshwater turtles. Indonesia's fires are bad, but new measures prevented them from becoming worse 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z He explained that arrows made from a stingray’s barb were best for killing jaguars, tapirs, and people, while smaller ones of palm wood were ideal for fish, birds, and monkeys. Blood Gold in the Brazilian Rain Forest 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Not only that, you’ll also be able to see macaws, tapirs and monkeys. Revel in Costa Rica’s natural beauty, on land and water | Provided by Drake Bay Getaway Resort 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Despite paleoart memes that made Palorchestes look like a wombat with a long snout, Richards and colleagues write, newer restorations forgo the tapir snout for a prehensile lip and a long tongue. Bizarre Fossil Mammal Was an Ice Age Tree Hugger 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z The zoo already supports the conservation of endangered jaguars, macaws and tapirs in the wild there. Houston Zoo plans improvements, preps for 2022 centennial 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z All the volunteer firefighters report seeing terrified and burned animals: pacas, wild pigs, armadillos, tapirs and many bird species. 'Murderer of nature': Evo Morales blamed as Bolivia battles devastating fires 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Environmental experts say the fires are threatening about 500 types of animals, including jaguars, tapirs, and 35 endangered species, some of which are found nowhere else. As Amazon burns, fires in next-door Bolivia also wreak Havoc 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z You’re likely to see tapirs, anteaters, monkeys, macaws, and even peccaries. Revel in Costa Rica’s natural beauty, on land and water | Provided by Drake Bay Getaway Resort 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The forest is home to Indigenous peoples as well as iconic wildlife such as jaguars, giant armadillos, and tapirs. It’s not just the Amazon that’s ablaze — Bolivian fires are threatening people and wildlife 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z While some tribal members wear jeans and use cellular phones bought with government welfare payments and sales of Brazil nuts and cassava flour, they live largely as their ancestors did, hunting tapirs and wild boar. Emboldened by Bolsonaro, armed invaders encroach on Brazil's tribal... 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z That Malayan tapir must have taken a long plane ride to get on that trail, Mark. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Melania Trump’s Christmas, Charles Krauthammer’s timeless prose and Trump’s red button 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z The Secret Life of the Zoo In a special holiday episode each member of an orangutan family gets a Christmas stocking and there’s a cute new Christmas baby in the tapir house. Thursday's TV highlights: 'Nightflyers' on Syfy 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z At one meal, the chefs discovered a giant tapir — a plant-eating mammal about the size of a pig with a short trunk — roasting on a grill and helped themselves to the ribs. It’s Dinnertime in the Amazon. Look What’s on the Chef’s Menu. 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z And creatures that depend on rainforest—including jaguars, tapirs and macaws—risk extirpation. Nicaragua's Actions Cast a Shadow over Its Leadership of Major Climate Group 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z The tapir is a pig-shaped, plant-eating mammal with a short snout. San Diego Zoo welcomes endangered Baird’s tapir calf 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z They hunt fish, turtles, and caimans in rivers, as well as larger land mammals like deer, peccaries, capybaras, and tapirs. These Are the First Jaguars Born in This Argentinian Wetland in Over a Century 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z All 26 of the dog specimens she analysed had 13C values double those found in the deer, the peccaries, the tapirs and the opossum. Dogs and cats may have been involved in Maya rituals 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z By the time the party next saw the firepit, there were no signs of the tapir. It’s Dinnertime in the Amazon. Look What’s on the Chef’s Menu. 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Such big urban centers require lots of food, and the Mayans hunted deer, peccaries, and tapirs. Some dogs were royalty, others were dinner in ancient Mayan culture 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z It’s the first Baird’s tapir calf born at the zoo in 30 years. San Diego Zoo welcomes endangered Baird’s tapir calf 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z Often elusive in heavily hunted areas, tapirs in Yaguas seem to remain more visible. Peru Moves to Protect ‘One of the Last Great Intact Forests’ 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z He knew that if a lack of predators was the problem, there should also be an excess of other prey species, like deer and tapir. Hordes of Wild Pigs Make Palm Oil Even More Destructive 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Youngsters between the age of 13 and 16 are playing a key role, hunting tapirs and boars to feed the group. New alliance emerges in Amazon forest 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Other animals that lived in ancient Aucilla – like tapirs and giant ground sloths – could have made their own additions to the pile, but the bulk of the evidence suggests mastodons as the primary contributors. Talking Crap about Mastodons 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z A tapir escaped from a conservation center at an Indonesian zoo and needed a little help from rescuers when it fell into a nearby palace pond and became trapped. Tapir Breaks Out of Zoo, Gets Stuck in Palace Pond 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The Malayan tapir can be found in several versions: over time, it became stockier, bigger and altogether more realistic… though none of this saved it from deletion in 1985. An Ode To Britains Toy Animals 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Or, in other words, one branch over from the larger group that contains rhinos, tapirs, horses, and their closest relatives. What in the World Was Macrauchenia? 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z Here's what they discovered: Macrauchenia is a distant relative of horses, rhinos and tapirs, and together, they're part of a group called Perissodactyla. This bizarre ancient creature mystified Darwin. Now we finally know what it was. 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z It is home to large predators such as harpies, jaguars, pumas and large herbivores such as tapirs. UN Announces 23 New Nature Reserves While U.S. Removes 17 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z The tapir will be released back into its habitat after one to two months of recovery from its adventure. Tapir Breaks Out of Zoo, Gets Stuck in Palace Pond 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Last year a ragtag, independent group of local and international conservationists, led by Munthe and Greg McCann of Habitat ID, used camera traps to confirm Sumatran tigers and Malayan tapirs in these hills. Conservationists plan expedition to secret ‘Noah’s Ark’ in Sumatra 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z She added, “I remember that they were tall, so tall. And one of them carried a funny pack. He looked like a tapir.” The Lost City of Z 2005-09-12T04:00:00Z But the most recent DNA analysis is more precise and allowed scientists to pinpoint when Macrauchenia separated from the evolutionary lineage that produced modern-day horses, rhinos and tapirs, MacPhee said. This bizarre ancient creature mystified Darwin. Now we finally know what it was. 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z In Argentina, Kris Tompkins oversees programmes to reintroduce endangered species including jaguars, giant anteaters, peccaries, tapirs and pampas deer. Chile’s new ‘route of parks’ aims to save the wild beauty of Patagonia 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Six million years ago, the wetlands and river valleys of southwestern China were full of life: tapirs and small deer strolled the shores, and the waters brimmed with clams. Enormous otters once roamed southwestern China 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z All this despite the fact that the team had already documented tapirs and tigers in Hadaban Hills. Conservationists plan expedition to secret ‘Noah’s Ark’ in Sumatra 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z There were strict taboos on diet which forbid them to eat most red meats, including tapir, deer, and boar. The Lost City of Z 2005-09-12T04:00:00Z In this part of the Rupununi Savannah, scarlet macaws squawk from palm trees and tapir, deer and paca - which villagers still hunt using bows and arrows - roam wild. The Guyana tribe in search of a lost identity - BBC News 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Modern Artiodactyls include sheep, pigs, camels and giraffes, while today's Perissodactyls include horses, tapirs, rhinos and zebras. Comet impact 'linked' to rise of mammals - BBC News 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z The bird’s critter colleagues are a pack of dithery flibbertigibbets, including a nearsighted goat and a tremulous tapir, among others. ‘The Wild Life’: Animated tale leaves us stranded with a klutz 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Struggling to survive, Crusoe soon befriends the curious Tuesday and his skeptical group of exotic animal pals, including a chameleon, a hedgehog, a tapir, a goat, a pangolin and a very suspicious sea bird. Colorfully animated 'The Wild Life' is light on heart 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z They are not in New York City, for instance, where the Health Code bans “all odd-toed ungulates” — hoofed animals — other than domesticated horses, “including, but not limited to, zebra, rhinoceros and tapir.” The Miniature Donkey Therapy Meet-up 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z One morning, a tapir appeared in the reeds of the nearest islet, and Laureano scrambled after it with a shotgun, returning empty-handed. An Isolated Tribe Emerges from the Rain Forest 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Rabbits, tapirs, porcupines, pigs, and birds are among the fallen at the country’s northern zoo. Animals Starving in Venezuela Zoos 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Large animals like large primates, tapirs and toucans play a key role distributing the seeds of the large trees that store the most carbon and in turn ensuring a healthy forest. These Animals Are Helping to Slow Climate Change—But They're Dying 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z It found losses of large animals like woolly spider monkeys, tapirs and toucans leads to the loss of hardwood trees. Loss of monkeys and birds in tropical forests driving up carbon emissions 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z One genus of moths called Calyptra, though, uses this fruit-feeding appendage for another purpose—drinking the blood of mammals such as tapirs, rhinos, and even humans. The Vampires That Feed on Vampires 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z And the government report suggests that outsiders are poaching animals like peccary and tapir—staple foods for tribes. Plan to contact isolated tribe in Peru stokes controversy 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z These included Australian snakes, every species from the cat and dog families as well as hyenas and mongooses, and domestic grazing animals as well as tapirs and rhinoceroses. Eye shape reveals whether an animal is predator or prey, new study shows 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z He boasts that he recently shot a tapir, a large snouted mammal, taking half to his family, and he proudly shows off his bow and arrow, skillfully made of local wood and fiber. Feature: From deep in Peru’s rainforests, isolated people emerge 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The community hunts for small birds and mammals as well as frogs and fish and the occasional tapir. Great Gut Extinction: Has modern life destroyed our health? - BBC News 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z With so much global forest in close proximity to humans, larger forest animals such as chimpanzees, gorillas, tapirs or curassow birds are being hunted to extinction in individual areas. World's Forests Have Fragmented into Tiny Patches 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Researchers said on Wednesday a sophisticated biochemical analysis of bone collagen extracted from fossils of the two mammals, Toxodon and Macrauchenia, demonstrated that they were related to the group that includes horses, tapirs and rhinos. Mystery of Darwin's strange South American mammals solved 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z The area is also home to anteaters, Central American tapirs and loggerhead turtles. Panama bans construction on wetlands 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Only about 1,500 to 2,000 Malayan tapirs are now thought to exist. Hope for endangered Malayan tapir as one born in Kent zoo 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z It retains features later lost among the perissodactyls — sister mammals that include rhinos, hippos, tapirs and horses. Mammal fossil may tie together mammals from Madagascar and India Along with the hedgehog, researchers also discovered fossils of Heptodon, an ancient relative of the modern tapir. A 52-Million-Year-Old Window Into the Future 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z It was a herbivore about half the size of today's tapirs but lacking the short trunk usually seen in these mammals. Fossil of world's smallest hedgehog unearthed in Canada 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z The hairs were from all sorts of other creatures, though, including bears, cows, porcupine, a Malaysian tapir… and a human. Flying saucers, and other stuff you might have missed this week 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z For previous Tet Zoo articles on tapirs and other perissodactyls, see… A new living species of large mammal: hello, Tapirus kabomani! 2013-12-17T17:45:13.846Z The book describes the efforts of Brazilian field scientist Pati Medici, who is on a mission to save the tapir. Science Scan: Saving the tapir, ‘nature’s shyest loners’; what makes food delicious 2013-09-02T22:31:33Z The average number of hours baby tapirs spend playing soccer is unknown. Top 8 Ways Humans Spend Their Time, as Illustrated by Other Species 2013-06-20T19:26:16Z The half-pint hedgehog and trunk-less tapir lived in a rainforest along the edges of a lake, but it was not tropical, the researchers said. Fossil of world's smallest hedgehog unearthed in Canada 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z "Unfortunately it will also be common in other tropical areas around the world, where the large toucans, the tapirs, monkeys and other big mammals and birds are disappearing very quickly from the forest." Rainforest losses 'shrink seeds' 2013-05-31T00:15:59Z In life, it is especially dark, with a lower mane and broader forehead than the well known and familiar Brazilian or Lowland tapir T. terrestris. A new living species of large mammal: hello, Tapirus kabomani! 2013-12-17T17:45:13.846Z Her work focuses on the lowland tapir, which is found in South America’s grasslands and rain forests. Science Scan: Saving the tapir, ‘nature’s shyest loners’; what makes food delicious 2013-09-02T22:31:33Z The average number of hours baby tapirs spend playing soccer is unknown. Top 8 Ways Humans Spend Their Time, as Illustrated by Other Species 2013-06-20T19:26:16Z He had also roused tapirs dozing in the grasslands, and Mason gave them a wide berth. Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z Swaths of Sani are inside the Yasuni National Park, which is considered the most biodiverse place on earth with jaguars, tapirs, river dolphins and more species in a single hectare than all of North America. Petition to halt oil exploration in Ecuadorean Amazon gets 1m signatures 2013-02-06T14:45:12Z Several cranial characters clearly allow its differentiation from T. terrestris and other tapirs. A new living species of large mammal: hello, Tapirus kabomani! 2013-12-17T17:45:13.846Z Conservation efforts are complicated by the fact that tapirs — “nature’s shyest loners,” as the book describes them — are notoriously difficult to find. Science Scan: Saving the tapir, ‘nature’s shyest loners’; what makes food delicious 2013-09-02T22:31:33Z So, we see trunks in such animals as tapirs, rhinos, astrapotheres and so on. Junk in the trunk: why sauropod dinosaurs did not possess trunks (redux, 2012) 2012-11-20T14:15:00.200Z I needed my shoes for the drive Carly was organizing for one of my last nights on the Cerrado, a trip to spotlight tapirs, crab-eating foxes, and the most important target, the maned wolf. Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z Jamrach stocked all manner of exotic beasts - elephants, lions, tigers, bears, tapirs, armadillos - pretty much anything. When wild beasts roamed the UK 2012-11-05T10:51:48Z On that note, very little is known of this tapir in the wild. A new living species of large mammal: hello, Tapirus kabomani! 2013-12-17T17:45:13.846Z But due to hunting and habitat loss, all four tapir types are quickly disappearing. Science Scan: Saving the tapir, ‘nature’s shyest loners’; what makes food delicious 2013-09-02T22:31:33Z According to the team’s audit, the sanctuary is home to 85 species of mammals, 326 species of birds and 23 species of reptiles and amphibians, and protects the endangered mountain tapir and spectacled bear. New species of night monkey, porcupine and shrew opossum found in Peru 2012-10-02T15:45:00.247Z Giant armadillos, giant anteaters, tapirs, and pumas, however, avoided roads as much as possible. Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z The closure of the orbit behind distinguishes the skull of the horse from that of its allies the rhinoceros and tapir, and also from all of the perissodactyles of the Eocene period. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z A new species of tapir from the Amazon. A new living species of large mammal: hello, Tapirus kabomani! 2013-12-17T17:45:13.846Z In the second category must be placed a number of papers relating to the osteology of the Rhinoceros Indicus, the tapir, Hyrax Capensis, the hippopotamus, the sloths, the manatee, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The bluffs along the river rise in many places two hundred and fifty feet, and contain shells, with the remains of the mastodon, elephant, tapir, megalonyx, and other huge animals. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z Carly said she had often spotlighted tapirs out in the Ag, but we saw none. Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z A similar but less developed process is found in the rhinoceros and tapir. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z However, it may be that other surprises from the world of tapirs are set to be announced at some point. A new living species of large mammal: hello, Tapirus kabomani! 2013-12-17T17:45:13.846Z General preparations are being made for rest; only the slender deer, the peccari, the timid agouti, and the tapir, will still graze. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z He feared neither deer nor tapir, yet at their approach he would sound his warning as a reciprocal precaution, poison against hoofs. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z So how do these rare species, along with jaguars, pumas, tapirs, and other wide-ranging Cerrado vertebrates, cope with massive land-use change driven by human economics? Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z Soulful eyes of a curious chimpanzee, a speedy jaguar and a rare tapir staring back at you. 400 hidden cameras show Earth?s real wild side _ up-close look at jaguars, gorillas, elephants 2011-08-15T23:08:18Z There are also the deer, tapir, armadillo, anteater, and a few other minor animals. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The tapirs, they’re really aquatic, but they want nothing to do with it.” Treats for the Animals (Including the Humans) 2011-07-22T04:50:05Z In the pitfalls we find two horned rhinoceroses and saddlebacked tapirs. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z The current law could conserve good jaguar and tapir habitat outside reserves but do little for the grassland-dependent maned wolf. Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z We spend our time thinking about Malayan tapirs and Peruvian chinchillas, meerkats from the Kalahari Desert and green and black poison frogs from Costa Rica. In praise of the zoo 2011-07-08T13:48:40Z Ecuador is comparatively poor in Mammalia; although various kinds of deer as well as tapirs and peccaries are found in the forests. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z The mammals included extinct species of ground sloth, mammoth, horse, tapir, camel and bison. Fossil Bird Study Describes Ripple Effect of Extinction in Animal Kingdom 2011-03-09T15:28:00Z A rhinoceros or a tapir dies because it is often hurt internally, although we frequently do not discover that they have been hurt until they have been with us for one or two months. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z A tapir is about the size of a large pony, with a pig-shaped body. Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z There are several research groups working on this question these days, and they’re not just looking at tapirs. Scientist at Work: Q. and A. on Peru's Northern Amazon 2011-03-04T17:27:48Z Or, “I surprised TWO tapirs on the Harpia trail… a mom and small, spotted baby!” Scientist at Work: Preparing to Leave the Amazon, and Telling Tales of Parasites Past 2011-02-03T13:00:13Z Mineral licks in Yasuní are visited regularly by a bunch of terrestrial mammals — tapirs, deer, peccaries, agoutis — as well as a menagerie of birds. Scientist at Work: Titi Monkeys and White-Lipped Peccaries 2011-01-24T18:35:05Z An Indian tapir costs �500, an American tapir �150. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z Often they were forced to live for weeks at a time on an unchanging diet of manioc and tapir meat. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z The most sought-after game animals in the western Amazon are peccaries, deer, large monkeys, tapirs, guans and curassows. Scientist at Work: Q. and A. on Peru's Northern Amazon 2011-03-04T17:27:48Z His statue was made of dark obsidian rock, and his face recalled that of the bear or tapir. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru 2011-01-02T03:00:21.577Z There were also combats between lions and boars, and between tapirs. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z In the same way, the Pal�otherium tended to connect forms so different as the tapir, the rhinoceros, and the horse. Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions 2010-12-20T17:12:31.233Z The tapir cared no more for this than a whale does for a single harpoon and line, and rushed straight on for the river, apparently dragging the hunter with him. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z A tapir visiting a mineral lick in the headwaters of the Yaguas River. Scientist at Work: Q. and A. on Peru's Northern Amazon 2011-03-04T17:27:48Z Large mammals were generally scarce, except for tapir. Scientist at Work: An Abundance of Species, and Water 2010-10-26T20:03:00Z Of the Ungulates, four species of rhinoceros and one of tapir are met with, besides several peculiar forms of the swine family. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" In Anoplotherium, some of the species of which were larger than tapirs, there were either two or three toes, the latter number being almost unique among the Artiodactyla. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Then the cacique, as the first to get his lasso “home,” handed the thong to another hunter, dismounted, and gave the tapir his quietus with his spear. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z The rhinoceros, hippopotamus, tapir, and musk, he classes as anomalous. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History The South American fauna was immensely enriched by the incoming of elephants, horses, sabretooth cats, true cats, camels, bears, tapirs, peccaries, deer, and dogs, all of which developed along new and individual lines. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Of the indigenous fauna, the tapir of the north and the guanaco of the west and south are the largest of the animals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The native fauna includes the puma, the jaguar, the tapir, the llama, the alpaca, the vicu�a, armadillos, the rhea or nandu, a species of ostrich, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli That is a puma; ocelots sometimes will spring upon us from a tree; a tapir will attack us if her young one is with her. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z The Palæotherium was an animal like the tapir, now an inhabitant of the warmer regions of Asia and America. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight The tapir also has an extensive range between the coast and the foothills of the Andes, and from northern Argentina to south-eastern Colombia. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" A full-grown tapir was recently at the Zoological Gardens, in London, which seemed to thrive very well. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom Many of the Indian hunting-dogs trained for deer or tapir will hunt tigers. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 There are no large beasts of prey, and neither the elephant, the rhinoceros nor the tapir is represented. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" A genus of extinct quadrupeds, allied to the tapir, named from eminences on the teeth. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology A great number of species of tapir-like animals left their bones in the Paris basin, among them a three-hoofed animal which may have been the connecting link between the horse and the tapir families. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place In Malaya, if the trail does take you down to Singapore, you can hunt tapir. The Caves of Fear A tapir which I shot swimming across the river had its nose eaten off by them whilst we were towing it to the shore. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 Among these are two lemurs, nine civets, five cats, five deer, the tapir, the elephant, the rhinoceros, and many squirrels, an assemblage which could certainly only have reached the country by land. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras A fossil extinct quadruped, belonging to the order Pachydermata, resembling a pig, or tapir, but of great size. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The tapir, the labba, and deer, afford excellent food, and chiefly frequent the swamps and low ground, near the sides of the river and creeks. Wanderings in South America Generally the feet are clumsy in shape and three toed, suggesting the feet of the tapir. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 Dinner proved a feast, the pièce de résistance being tender, well-cooked meat which the Americans took for roast beef, but which really was roast tapir. The Pathless Trail But, as the tigers, the bears, the tapirs, the deer, and the numerous squirrels of Asia are equally absent, there seems no probability of its having been united with that continent. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras These recent shells are associated with the bones of the mastodon, elephant, tapir, mylodon, horse, ox, and other quadrupeds, most of them of extinct species. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The Indian who had it said that he had killed a number of wild hogs with it and two tapirs. Wanderings in South America Then Harris one evening stumbled upon a tapir, just as the great animal had forded the river and was shambling into the bush opposite. Carmen Ariza The dart does not fly as hard as if blown by a man, but it goes swiftly enough to pierce the skin of anything except a tapir. The Pathless Trail As Kay soared some three hundred feet overhead, a young tapir came leaping out of the jungle and ran, apparently unconscious of their presence, right toward the monsters. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 Just then the ship in which she was sailing struck a rock, and the sudden jerk woke up Little Silver, who cried out, "Tapir, come eat; tapir, come eat." Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan The tapir frequently plunged into the river; he was by no means shy, and it was easy to get a shot at him on land. Wanderings in South America We give a deer, a tapir, a jaguar, a chance for its life. Carmen Ariza The five lounged at ease, sniffing the savory odors arising from the reddish clay pots and pans in which fruit, fish, or fowl was frying in tapir lard, or meat was stewing. The Pathless Trail And the white bones of the tapir lay in a huddled mass in the open. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 From time to time would come a rush, a stampede, of deer or tapirs, along the strip of beach between the water and the cliff. In the Morning of Time The cover is all of one piece, formed out of the skin of the tapir. Wanderings in South America It is a wild region, where tapirs and deer roam, and where hardly a man has set foot for centuries. Carmen Ariza But after they left me two hunters of the cannibal tribe who had been following a tapir's track found me and took me down from the tree. The Pathless Trail The jaguars, for instance, pursue the peccaries and the tapirs, which, having no defence, flee in close troops, and break down the bushes they find in their way. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In He saw the packed herd of the tapirs bearing down upon him; and, forgetting the insignificant creatures who had first roused his anger, he charged forward at full speed to meet this new foe. In the Morning of Time The Eocene ages were peculiarly the ages of the Palæotheres,—strange animals of that pachydermatous or thick-skinned order to which the elephants, the tapirs, the hogs, and the horses belong. The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed Three of these living genera are now found only in the ancient continent, to wit: the rhinoceros, the hippopotami, and the elephant; the fourth, that of the tapirs, only exist in the new. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 I had shot wild pig, deer, tapirs, and for some days had been getting ready to track down a tiger that had been prowling in the jungle about the bungalow. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines So here, too, we are approaching the ordinary mammals, of which we may keep the pig and the tapir in mind as samples. More Science From an Easy Chair Sometimes a multitude of tapirs sally from the forests into the cultivated fields, to the great alarm of the Indians. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests The gun went off, and the tapirs decamped; but one of them fell on the ground before it could enter the water; it was dead ere we reached it. Adventures of a Young Naturalist To kill an insect or a great bird would require only a few minutes, and the death of a jaguar or a tapir would mean only a few more. Edge of the Jungle The tapir returns to his home in the fens, The marmots are off to their underground dens, And the wishtonwish marmot, the kind prairie dog, Makes room in his hole for the tortoise and frog. The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic The tapir stopped feeding for a moment, but then recommenced, though evidently not222 with as much eagerness as before. Popular Adventure Tales It consists of a strong frame of twisted creeping plants, over which the skin of a deer or tapir is stretched and fastened with twine. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests L'Encuerado having positively refused to touch the tapir, Sumichrast undertook to cut it up, as we much wished to taste its flesh. Adventures of a Young Naturalist It, moreover, is amphibious, quite as much so as the tapir, and it is found only near the banks of rivers. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon The tapir, and also that excellent diver, Alligator, or Cayman, from Amazon river; And with him the Llama, whose sad trick of spitting Was thought by the company very unfitting. The Quadrupeds' Pic-Nic It was a tapir, then, which they had heard taking his regular nightly bath, and regaling himself on the roots of the flags and nymphæ. Popular Adventure Tales At the edge of the earth he caught the tapir and killed him; yet the creature’s shadow arose from the body and kept on its flight with the wife. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate The only other pachydermatous animal besides the tapir indigenous to South America is the little truculent peccary—a herd of which creatures is more feared by the natives than the jaguar, boa, or anaconda. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America It was a tapir, then, which they had heard taking his regular nightly bath, and regaling himself on the roots of the flags and nymphae. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon A wide trail led to the edge of the stream, cut deep by the hoofs of tapirs, peccaries and other animals. The Black Phantom When attacked by either men or fierce animals, it tries to escape by flight, and if that fails, submits to be killed; but there is no “fight” to be got out of a tapir. Popular Adventure Tales "By the way," she added, confidentially, "do you happen to know what a tapir is?" The Admiral's Caravan A herd will attack a jaguar or puma, and even the sturdy tapir, without fear; and rushing at their antagonist with their sharp tusks, never fail to come off victorious. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The tapir stopped feeding for a moment, but then recommenced, though evidently not with as much eagerness as before. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon There were deep, black pools in the unbroken shade; stealthy deer, tapirs, peccaries, and agoutis moved like shadows among the columnar trunks. The Black Phantom It, moreover, is amphibious, quite as much so as the tapir, and is found only near the banks of rivers. Popular Adventure Tales "Those two tapirs dancing over there are always in everybody's way, and we've had to put them out over and over again." The Admiral's Caravan Throughout the densely-wooded regions on the banks of the rivers from Demerara, across the Brazils, to Paraguay, the long-nosed tapir has its range. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America When attacked by either men or fierce animals, it tries to escape by flight, and if that fails, submits to be killed; but there is no “light” to be got out of a tapir. The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Sama, the tapir, one massive forefoot raised in midair, stopped soothing with his tongue the ugly gash inflicted by Ueshe, leader of the peccary herd when he had incautiously stumbled into its midst, and listened. The Black Phantom There are elephants, rhinoceroses, and tapirs in the forests of Yun-nan; and the emperor has tame elephants at Peking for state purposes. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics And think of the tapir, when flashes the lamp O'er the fast and the free flowing bowl. The Book of Humorous Verse The tapir, on being seized, darts through the forest, attempting to destroy its foe, and dislodge it from its back by rushing under the low boughs of the trees. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America A pity he has not continued along the tapir path, still further and far away! Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco The tapirs too were shy but not so apprehensive of their welfare, for they were powerful animals and well versed in jungle strategy. The Black Phantom The tapir is one of the gentler animals, and may be easily tamed; though it will fight and bite hard when attacked, or harried by dogs. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics A new species has also been discovered in South America, altogether differing from the American tapir already so well-known. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys The savage alligator and fearful anaconda abound in all the rivers and lakes; while the jaguar, puma, ounce, tiger-cat, monkey, tapir, capybara, porcupine, wild hog, sloth, and ant-eater range through its forests and savannahs. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America He has reached the spot where Halberger turned in along the tapir path. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco At one of our prairie-camps our English comrade furnished us with the following account of that strange creature, the tapir. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire One book I consulted calls the tapir a kind of tiger, to which he bears hardly any resemblance. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics The habits of the American tapir are not unlike those of the rhinoceros. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys It is in shape somewhat like a backgammon dice-box, formed of basketwork, and covered with a piece of the skin of the tapir. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Fortunately he has struck upon a tapir path, which makes it easier for them to pass through the underwood, and they are soon, with their horses, well screened from view. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco No one who has turned over the pages of a picture-book of mammalia will be likely to forget the odd-looking animal known as the tapir. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire The author uses his experience of pigeons for examples for what he means by intermediate; the instance of the horse and tapir also occurs. The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 The other species of American tapir differs considerably in the nature of its haunts and habits. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys The tapir, similar to that of the southern continent, also frequents the seashore and banks of the rivers; and another species, peculiar to the region, is said to have been discovered lately. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Once inside the thicket, he proceeds along the tapir path, groping his way in the darkness. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco When full-grown, the tapir, or anta, as it is sometimes called, is six feet in length by four in height—its weight being nearly equal to that of a small bullock. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Off! while priests are cutting capers— Priests of beetles, cats, and tapirs, Brutes, who would thy beauty truck, For an inch of yellow muck. Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse In these it is said more to resemble the tapir of Sumatra. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Others resembled the rhinoceros, camel, tapir, or peccary. The Western United States A Geographical Reader Among the domesticated animals of the Toltec days were creatures that looked like very small tapirs. The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria The latter, in fact, is a near congener, and very much, resembles the tapir of South America. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire The tapir was about the size of a six months’ old pig. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America The latter is found dwelling at a great elevation, in fact, on the tops of the highest mountains of that island; whereas the Danta, or American tapir, is altogether confined to the low hot plains. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys After a while a tapir heard the jolly sound. Tales of Giants from Brazil They are tapirs; and if we are cautious we may shoot them.” The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela Unlike the hog, however, the tapir is a cleanly animal. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Indeed, in some parts there seemed a prospect of its becoming still more lively, for their little guide pointed out in soft places the footprints of tapirs and jaguars, which seemed to be quite fresh. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America Ah, the blowpipe is a wonderful instrument; it will serve to kill anything, from a big tapir or a fierce jaguar or puma, down to the smallest manakin or humming-bird.” The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco “The animal is a tapir,” said the recluse. On the Banks of the Amazon "From this out I won't so much as yip," Jake replied earnestly, as he made a vigorous attack on the roast tapir. The Search for the Silver City A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan The hunt of the tapir is one of the amusements, or rather employments, of the South-American Indians. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire But neither rhinoceros nor tapir was seen by our castaways; neither seemed to frequent that part of the coast, as no tracks of them were observed during their excursions. The Castaways It is truly the lord of the South American forests, as it often attacks the thick-skinned tapir, and even the largest alligator. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco He had been an excited spectator of the scene, and I had some difficulty in keeping him from following the tapir. On the Banks of the Amazon The moisture had spoiled the roast tapir, and even the remaining totopostes were so damp as to be decidedly unpleasant to the sight as well as the taste. The Search for the Silver City A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan Among most of the native tribes of South America, the young hunter who has killed a tapir is looked upon as having achieved something to be proud of. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire The Sumatran tapir, too, is a creature that does not readily succumb to its assailant, being larger and stronger than its namesake of South America. The Castaways I guessed from this that the animal was a tapir. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco See, the back of the latter is bleeding and torn from the rough branches beneath which the tapir has carried it.” On the Banks of the Amazon In silence the little party waited until the Indian returned bringing the carcass of a tapir, a small quantity of alligator pears, and two so-called cabbages cut from palm trees. The Search for the Silver City A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan When the trail of a tapir has been discovered, its capture becomes easy. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Our engraving shows that the five days old tapir resembles its mother in form, although its marking is quite different. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 The tapir being unable to climb, we made our pit only about four feet deep, seven long, and four wide. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco The tapir dashed under it, and we could hear the crash of the jaguar’s head as it came in contact with the hard wood. On the Banks of the Amazon It subsequently became known to natural historians as the tapir. The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer Sometimes, when the whereabouts of a tapir has been discovered, a whole tribe sally out, and take part in the hunt. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Its spots and stripes are very similar to those of the young of the American tapir, several of which have been born in captivity in Europe. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 Even before we got up to it, we saw that the covering had given way; and sure enough, there was the tapir safe within. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco Ahead of us we distinguished some large animal on a floating mass, but whether jaguar, puma, or tapir, at that distance I could not make out. On the Banks of the Amazon In these great virgin forests tribes of monkeys find their home, and the tapir and the cougar have their being. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development In such places a tapir could have hidden himself from the sharpest-eyed hunters, and herein lies the chief difficulty of this kind of hunt. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Rhinoceroses and zebras, however, tread together the arid plains of Africa in the present day; and the horse has multiplied in that half of America where two or more kinds of tapir still exist. On the Genesis of Species In a short time we had made an incline, up which the tapir of its own accord climbed; expecting, probably, when at the top to find itself free. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco Houlston fired, but the shot bounded off the tapir’s thick shield-like hide, and away it went dashing through the dense underwood with a force which broke down the shrubs opposing its progress. On the Banks of the Amazon There are several kinds of bears, and the wolf, skunk, bison, and tapir are found. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development The traces of a tapir had been discovered. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Instead of useful domestic animals, no creature was seen but the thick-skinned tapir, which, with a long beak-like nose, crops plants and leaves and frequents swampy tracts in the heart of the primeval forest. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People “I should like to make friends with the tapir,” she added; “but I am afraid that it would prove an unruly pupil.” The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco Fortunately the tapir was frightened, or they would have found him more than a match for them. On the Banks of the Amazon Many of these belonged to animals such as the hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, etc. Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870 The uba of the chief had remained to watch the path where the tracks of the tapir had been observed. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire In their woods live elephants, rhinoceroses, and tapirs; in the brushwood lurk tigers and panthers; and in the depths of their primeval forests dwell monkeys of various species. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People “In a short time the tapir will become as tame as a dog, and will follow you about wherever you go.” The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco I have described the tapir here as it was the first I met, but I afterwards had better opportunities of observing the animal. On the Banks of the Amazon Among the fauna of the country are common and black jaguars, tapirs, manatees, peccaries, boas, cougars or pumas, and alligators. Ranching, Sport and Travel I could perceive something in motion among the leaves—a dark brown body, smooth and rounded, the body of a tapir! The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire The tapirs have a most unique form of marking. The Human Side of Animals He did not, however, allow the tapir to go loose for some days, but regularly brought it the food he knew it liked best. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco “That is a tapir—the largest wild animal we have in South America,” whispered our friend. On the Banks of the Amazon The tapir is not found in India proper, but the Malayan species is occasionally to be come across in Burmah, having been killed in Tenasserim. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Two more tapirs were killed; several capivaras; and a paca—which is an animal much prized by the Indians for its flesh, as well as the teeth—used by them in making their blow-guns. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire The tapir, the largest native quadruped, is sometimes found on the mountains, but never descends into the Quito Valley. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America At that moment our poor tapir, which had been feeding at a safe distance, came trotting down to the beach. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco Possibly tapirs did not live in the country occupied by the Maya peoples. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices The Indian tapir has a more powerful and extensile trunk than the American, and its skull shows in consequence a greater space for the attachment of the muscles. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon It is, moreover, highly prehensile, and enables the tapir to seize the roots upon which it feeds with greater ease. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire A few species, as the puma, peccari, and opossum, have crossed the barrier; but South America is characterized by possessing a family of monkeys, the llama, tapir, many peculiar rodents, and several genera of edentates. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America I could not help fearing that they had vented their rage on the poor tapir, which could scarcely have had time to regain the shore before they reached it. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco A greatly elongated nose is found in many of the drawings of the deities, but it does not seem clear that these represent trunks of tapirs, or, as suggested by Stempell, mastodons! Animal Figures in the Maya Codices The skeleton of the rhinoceros viewed generally has a resemblance to that of the little hyrax, the tapir, and the horse. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Although the largest quadruped indigenous to South America, the tapir is not very well-known to naturalists. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire The tapir, like the condor, for an unknown reason, is not found north of 8° N., though it wanders as far south as 40°. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America I love to watch the tapirs tape; I stand intent, with mouth agape. Marjorie at Seacote The short prehensile trunk of the tapir is well made and the hoofs are likewise shown. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices The tapir is naturally all the world over a very shy, retiring animal, but it is capable of being tamed when taken young, and of showing great attachment. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon The tapir is an inhabitant of the tropical countries of America, dwelling near the banks of rivers and marshy lagoons. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire The tapir, or gran-bestia, as it is called, is a characteristic quadruped of South America. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America The tapir feeds on leaves and fruit He's very, very hard to suit, For boys who don't like bread and meat Have to find other things to eat. Animal Children The Friends of the Forest and the Plain "Mr. Churchill has made up his mind, but if he gets his way every tadpole and tapir will take it as a precedent." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 192-06-30 This consists of three living and two extinct families—the living ones being horses, tapirs, and rhinoceroses, and the extinct the Paleotheridæ and the Macrauchenidæ. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon The tapir is hunted by bow and arrow, or by the gun. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire But when the rains descend the wilderness is a menagerie of tigers and tapirs, pumas and bears, while a host of reptiles, led by the gigantic boa, creep forth from their hiding-places. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America A tapir has four or three toes, and it would seem that its ancestor had had five toes, of which one or two had been lost. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope The rhinoceros, elephant, and tapir still exist in Yünnan. Myths and Legends of China He told us, it was a jaguar, which had sprung upon the back of a large tapir while the animal was feeding in the woods behind our tambo. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians This path often betrays the tapir, and leads to its destruction. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire In both North and South America fossil remains of tapirs occur only in caves and deposits of Post-Pliocene age, showing that they are comparatively recent immigrants into that continent. Darwinism (1889) Elephants, camels, horses, tapirs, swine, sabre-toothed tigers, big cats, wolves, bears, deer, crowded into South America, warring each against the other incomers and against the old long-existing forms. African and European Addresses At present, we need not worry about the marsh deer, the pampas deer, the guemal, or the venado, nor the tapir, jaguar, ocelot and bears. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The tapir started for the creek in the hope of knocking the jaguar off its back by rushing through the underbrush; not succeeding in this, its next hope was the water in the creek. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians Here it was studded with islands, known to be a favourite resort of the tapirs. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire During Miocene and Pliocene times tapirs abounded over the whole of Europe and Asia, their remains having been found in the tertiary deposits of France, India, Burmah, and China. Darwinism (1889) The breakfast-table is decked with flowers, and under it grunts and roots about among the feet of the guests a very tame tapir as large as a decently-sized pig. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 Did man exist then, at that remote period when elephants, lions, and tapirs, lived in Europe, with rein-deer and bears? The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 287, December 15, 1827 Occasionally a lucky shot would bring down a mutum or a couple of monkeys and, on one occasion, a female tapir. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians But the nobler beast, the tapir, occupied all our thoughts; and leaving the capivaras to be gathered in by the women, the hunters got back to their posts in a few seconds. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Its anatomy is much like that of the rhinoceros, while in general form the tapir reminds us of the hog. The Illustrated London Reading Book In this region there were extensive papyrus-swamps and big lagoons, back from the river, and often the tapirs fled to these for refuge, throwing off the hounds. Through the Brazilian Wilderness They belong to more than 50 species of animals, now extinct; among which are elephants, horses, tapirs, rhinoceri, eleven or twelve kinds of stags, large cats, oxen, bears, dogs, otters, &c. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 After a plentiful meal, consisting of fried fish and roast loin of tapir, which tasted very good, we drank black coffee and conversed as well as my limited knowledge of the Portuguese language permitted. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians There was no doubt that a tapir would be roused. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire The Indian tapir greatly resembles its American relative; it feeds on vegetables, and is very partial to the sugar-cane. The Illustrated London Reading Book Through them ran old tapir trails, but there was no fresh sign. Through the Brazilian Wilderness In this gloomy mansion he deposited his treasures, and appointed a priestess to guard it, for whose assistance he created the tapirs. American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent The only variable factor was the meat, sometimes wild hog, occasionally tapir, and very often the common green parrot or the howling monkey. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians I thought my bullet took effect, and so thought the chief did his; but the tapir, seeming not to heed the shots, plunged into the stream, and went under. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire South America is characterized by possessing many peculiar gnawers, a family of monkeys, the llama, peccari, tapir, opossums, and, especially, several genera of Edentata, the order which includes the sloths, ant-eaters, and armadilloes. The Voyage of the Beagle Then we made out the tapir clambering up the bank. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Finally, on the following day, he went back, although not without fear and trembling, and sat down on a stone just where he had sat toasting his tapir meat on the previous day. Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest A tapir which I shot as it swam across the water had his nose bitten off by them whilst we were towing it to the shore. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians The waters of the Xingu are as clear as crystal: against the sandy bottom, I could trace the dark brown body of the tapir. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire I thought at first you were a tapir or a tiger. Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders, or, the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold We were more than half the breadth of the river away from the tapir, and somewhat down-stream, when it dived. Through the Brazilian Wilderness From the choicest and fattest bits of toasted tapir flesh he offered her she turned away with disgust. Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest We were invited to stay and take dinner here, and I had my first opportunity of tasting roast tapir. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians I pulled him into the boat, and afterwards assisted to haul up the huge body of the slain tapir. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Huge elephantine forms, the mastodon, the hippopotamus, the tapir, antelopes of monstrous size, the megatherium, and the myledon—all, for the moment, in juxtaposition. A Pair of Blue Eyes One day while paddling in a canoe on the river, hoping that the dogs might drive a tapir to us, they drove into the water a couple of small bush deer instead. Through the Brazilian Wilderness In battle the Abipones wore an armour of tapir's hide over which a jaguar's skin was sewn. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 A tapir, weighing nearly seven hundred and fifty pounds, had been shot the day before and was being cut up for food when we arrived. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians This is not a conceivable bone either of a tapir or of any other creature known to zoology. The Lost World High among their branches, the red and yellow mockingbirds still build their hanging nests, uncouth storks and tree-porcupines cling above, and the spotted deer and the tapir drink from the sluggish stream below. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 Little we cared, as the canoe raced forward, with the tapir and the buck lying in the bottom, and a dry, comfortable camp ahead of us. Through the Brazilian Wilderness High among their branches, the red and yellow mocking-birds still build their hanging nests, uncouth storks and tree-porcupines cling above, and the spotted deer and the tapir drink from the sluggish stream below. Black Rebellion Five Slave Revolts The tapir, the lobba and deer afford excellent food, and chiefly frequent the swamps and low ground near the sides of the river and creeks. Wanderings in South America Thus we find such modern creatures as the tapir—an animal with quite a respectable length of pedigree—the great deer, and the ant-eater in the companionship of reptilian forms of jurassic type. The Lost World The genera are, the horse, hippopotamus, tapir, and hog. 7th. Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side The tapir I killed was a big one. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Once they started a giant tapir taking his afternoon snooze. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America The tapir frequently plunged into the river; he was by no means shy, and it was easy to get a shot at him on land. Wanderings in South America The elephant, rhinoceros, tapir, wild cattle, and many other kinds of smaller animals of Asia are found in Borneo. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 The predominating forms are still pachydermatous, and the tapir type continues to be conspicuous. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation The stomach of the one I shot contained big palm-nuts; they had been swallowed without enough mastication to break the kernel, the outer pulp being what the tapir prized. Through the Brazilian Wilderness On the farther side of the river was a deserted house, and we could distinctly trace the heavy footprints of a tapir leading up the path and through the open doorway. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America The cover is all of one piece formed out of the skin of the tapir. Wanderings in South America Fresh tracks of rhinoceros and bear were seen and tapirs are known to exist among these beautiful wooded hills. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 They killed two tapirs and several pumas and jaguars. The Treasure of the Incas The tapir is a very archaic type of ungulate, not unlike the non- specialized beasts of the Oligocene. Through the Brazilian Wilderness In his wanderings he had come upon a huge tapir, half eaten by a tiger, and saw footprints of that lord of the forest in all directions. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America The Indian who had it said that he had killed a number of wild hogs with it, and two tapirs. Wanderings in South America The jaguars, for instance, pursue the peccaries and the tapirs, which, having no defence but in their numbers, flee in close troops, and break down the bushes they find in their way. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 At this stage there was what to the eye of fancy looks like a bold attempt to grow a nose in the case of a tapir, but it miscarried. Concerning Animals and Other Matters From some such ancestral type the highly specialized one-toed modern horse has evolved, while during the uncounted ages that saw the horse thus develop the tapir has continued substantially unchanged. Through the Brazilian Wilderness "It's only some tapirs, I think," the guide said. The Moving Picture Boys at Panama Stirring Adventures Along the Great Canal He plunges into the river after the deer and tapir, and swims across it; passes through swamps and quagmires, and never fails to obtain a sufficient supply of food. Wanderings in South America The large quadrupeds of those regions, the jaguars, tapirs, and peccaries, have made openings in the hedge of sauso which we have just described. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 "Not to mention such trifling citizens as jaguars, ocelots, tapirs, alligators, crocodiles and their kind," laughed Frank. The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing Aeroplane Chums in the Tropics The relations of the horse and tapir in the paleontological history of South America are very curious. Through the Brazilian Wilderness But there could be no danger from the tapirs. The Moving Picture Boys at Panama Stirring Adventures Along the Great Canal It would be a good hunting country too; deer, and now and then jaguars and tapir, and great birds that they call wild turkeys; there are alligators in the rivers. Letters to His Children In the lower ground, the footmarks of the tapir are very frequent, especially along the small paths, where I have sometimes traced them for more than a mile. The Naturalist in Nicaragua Jimmie stared, and saw out of a little clump of bushes a long black object thrust itself out, like the snout of a gigantic tapir from some prehistoric age. Jimmie Higgins It was much the most highly specialized of the two, and in the other continental regions where both were found the horse outlasted the tapir. Through the Brazilian Wilderness "Let's get some pictures of the next native village we come to," suggested Blake, as they went on after photographing the orchids and the tapirs. The Moving Picture Boys at Panama Stirring Adventures Along the Great Canal I also have lots of wild animals, and it was when some of my men were out after some tapirs, jaguars and leopards that I got on the track of the giants. Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape By Airship I went back into the forest along a path where I had often seen the great footmarks of the tapir. The Naturalist in Nicaragua They hunted and killed specimens of the jaguar, tapir, peccary, and nearly all of the other strange South American animals. Theodore Roosevelt But in South America the tapir outlasted the horse. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The tapirs are an ancient family which has changed but little since it separated from the other perissodactyl stocks in the early Tertiary. The Elements of Geology As I said I had sent Jake Poddington, one of my best men, after tapirs and some other South American animals. Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape By Airship The Palaeothere above alluded to resembled the living tapir in the form of the head, and in having a short proboscis, but its molar teeth were more like those of the rhinoceros. The Student's Elements of Geology The rest was a riot of wild vegetation, the home of monkeys, tapirs, jaguars, alligators and prodigious reptiles and insects. Cabbages and Kings In the morning, just before leaving this camp, a tapir swam across stream a little way above us; but unfortunately we could not get a shot at it. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Another remarkable animal restored by the great French palaeontologist, the Palaeotherium, similarly tended to connect together animals to all appearance so different as the rhinoceros, the horse, and the tapir. Lectures on Evolution In the same way, the Palaeotherium tended to connect forms so different as the tapir, the rhinoceros, and the horse. The Rise and Progress of Palaeontology The great man-like apes, the elephant, the tapir, and the Malay bear, are all common to the two former countries, while they are absent from the latter. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 We did not see or hear monkeys, and no tapir or jaguar crossed our path. The Naturalist on the River Amazons An ample supply of tapir beef would have meant much to us. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Then there is the story of how the tortoise pretended that he was stronger than the tapir. Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings In the family of pigs, and in the tapirs, the young are marked with longitudinal stripes, and thus differ from all the existing adult species in these two groups. The Descent of Man There never may have been grade between pig and tapir, yet from some common progenitor. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 One ingenious fellow arranged an old piece of canvas in the form of a tapir, placed himself under it, and crawled about on all fours. The Naturalist on the River Amazons A tapir was seen from our boat, but, as at the moment we were being whisked round in a complete circle by a whirlpool, I did not myself see it in time to shoot. Through the Brazilian Wilderness He tells the latter he can drag him into the sea, but the tapir retorts that he will pull the tortoise into the forest and kill him besides. Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings All is silent, save the heavy plunge of the tapir in the river, as he tears up the water-weeds for his night's repast. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth The puma, the jaguar, the tapir, the capybara, the llama, or glama, and vicuna, and the whole tribe of sapajous, were to them entirely new animals, of which they had not the smallest idea.... A History of Science — Volume 3 A tapir, of which the meat is most delicious and nourishing, is sometimes killed by a fortunate hunter. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Many trails led through the woods, and especially along the borders of the swamp; and, although their principal makers had evidently been cattle, yet there were in them footprints of both tapir and deer. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The tortoise thereupon gets a vine-stem, ties one end around the body of the tapir, and goes to the sea, where he ties the other end to the tail of a whale. Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings As I said above, the primitive Ungulate soon branches into three types which dimly foreshadow the tapir, the horse, and the rhinoceros, the three forms of the Perissodactyl. The Story of Evolution In a similar way, various diverse mammalian forms, as the tapir, the rhinoceros, and the horse, are linked together by fossil progenitors. A History of Science — Volume 3 When we reached camp, and Father Zahm saw the tapir, he reminded me of something I had completely forgotten. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The tapir makes a footprint much like that of a small rhinoceros, being one of the odd-toed ungulates. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The struggle between the whale and tapir goes on until each thinks the tortoise is the strongest of animals. Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings The primitive family which gave birth to the horse also gave us, as we saw, the tapir and the rhinoceros. The Story of Evolution The remaining members of the party killed two or three more tapirs. Through the Brazilian Wilderness They went in a rowboat to which the motor had been attached, and at night on the way back almost ran over a tapir that was swimming. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The tapir was coming down-stream at a great rate, only its queer head above water, while the dugouts were closing rapidly on it, the paddlers uttering loud cries. Through the Brazilian Wilderness But in unfrequented places tapirs both feed and bathe during the day. Through the Brazilian Wilderness We find ancestral tapirs in Europe and America during the Tertiary period, but the later cold has driven them to the warm swamps of Brazil and Malaysia. The Story of Evolution From unknown causes the various genera and species of horses died out, while the tapir has persisted. Through the Brazilian Wilderness We lost three deer, a tapir, and other game, and finally gave up the use of the rifles, depending upon hook and line. Through the Brazilian Wilderness In a couple of minutes we saw the tapir take to the water far up-stream, and after it we went as fast as the paddles could urge us through the water. Through the Brazilian Wilderness We drove the canoe into the bank, and then went down a tapir trail, which led alongside the river, to reconnoiter. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The Palaeotheres were more or less between the horse and the tapir in structure; the Anoplotheres between the tapir and the ruminant. The Story of Evolution One of the canoes almost ran into a swimming tapir at the head of the rapids; it went down the rapids, and then climbed out of the river. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Twice tapirs swam the river while we passed, but not near my canoe. Through the Brazilian Wilderness We had very nearly given up the tapir when it suddenly floated only a few rods from where it had sunk. Through the Brazilian Wilderness We saw a recent tapir track; and under a cajazeira tree by the bank there were the tracks of capybaras which had been eating the fallen fruit. Through the Brazilian Wilderness While the horses and tapirs and rhinoceroses were being gradually evolved from the primitive types, the Artiodactyl branch of the Ungulates—the pigs, deer, oxen, etc.—were also developing. The Story of Evolution We heard the rush of a couple of tapirs, as they broke away in the jungle in front of the dogs and headed, according to their custom, for the river; but we never saw them. Through the Brazilian Wilderness However, no tapir was found; Kermit killed a collared peccary, and I shot a capybara representing a color-phase the naturalists wished. Through the Brazilian Wilderness |
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